Church and State in Scotland: Developing Law

ISBN-13: 9780367596644 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 240 str.

Francis Lyall

Opis

As the first country to adopt Presbyterianism, Scotland has developed a system of church government which is now in world-wide use. This book examines the development and current state of the relevant Scots law and assesses the impact of human rights and various discrimination laws. Drawing on previously published material and discussing current to

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; 1560-1843 reformation to disruption; 1843-1929 disruption to union; The Church of Scotland today; Outside establishment; Education; Personal relationships; Other interactions of religion and law; Conclusion; Index.

O autorze

Francis Lyall, now Emeritus Professor of Public Law at the University of Aberdeen, was involved in the Church of Scotland, as a church elder, a member of the Presbytery of Aberdeen, several times a commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and as a three-term member of its Panel on Doctrine. He was a member of the Evangelical Alliance Commission on Faith and Nation (published 2006). In 1993 he held, as Visiting Professor, the Willem E Oncelin Chair of Canon Law in the Faculty of Canon Law, of the University of Leuven (Louvain). He has published many religion-relevant books and articles.